Canned filled pet food
OwnerChristophe Dupont, Marc Dambrine +4inventors
InventorsChristophe Dupont, Marc Dambrine, Laurent Sisiak, Thierry Bahaux, Stephen May, Steven E. Dingman
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Abstract
A canned pet food product made up of two phases. The product has an outer, tubular phase which is substantially solid and which extends from the lower end to the upper end of the product and an inner phase which extends from the lower end to the upper end of the product within the bore of the tubular outer phase. Both phases are made up of an edible source of carbohydrate and protein. However, the inner phase has an appearance different from that of the outer phase.
Claims10
A canned pet food product having an upper end and a lower end, the product comprising:
- an outer, tubular phase which is substantially solid and which extends from the lower end to the upper end and which includes an edible source of carbohydrate and protein;
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- an inner phase which extends from the lower end to the upper end and including an edible source of carbohydrate and protein;
- the inner phase having an appearance different from the outer phase and extending within the outer phase.
A canned pet food product having an upper end and a lower end, the product comprising:
- an outer, tubular phase which is substantially solid and which extends from the lower end to the upper end and which includes an edible source of carbohydrate and protein;
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- an inner phase which extends from the lower end to the upper end and including an edible source of carbohydrate and protein;
- the inner phase having an appearance different from the outer phase;
- the product obtainable by a process comprising:
- filling the outer phase into a can;
- forming a bore into the outer phase for providing a tubular outer phase;
- filling the inner phase into the bore of the tubular outer phase;
- sealing the can;
- and
- retorting the sealed can.
A canned pet food product having an upper end and a lower end, the product comprising:
- an outer, tubular phase which extends from the lower end to the upper end and which includes a substantially solid, thermally gelled mixture of carbohydrate and protein;
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- an inner phase which extends from the lower end to the upper end and which is in the form of chunks of a formulated emulsion product in a gravy;
- the inner phase having an appearance different from the outer phase and extending within the outer phase.
A process for producing a canned pet food product, the process comprising:
- filling into a can an outer phase including an edible source of carbohydrate and protein;
- forming a bore into the outer phase for providing a tubular outer phase;
- filling an inner phase including an edible source of carbohydrate and protein into the bore of the tubular outer phase, the inner phase having an appearance different from the outer phase;
- sealing the can;
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- retorting the sealed can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.